Sonera
linked to
Uzbek bribery
probe One of
Finland’s
largest
telecom
operators has
been
indirectly
tied to a
money
laundering
investigation
into the
flamboyant
daughter of
Uzbekistan's
president
and
http://www.teliasonera.com/en/newsroom/news/2013/teliasonera-becomes-a-member-of-the-un-global-compact/
TeliaSonera
becomes
a member of
the UN Global
Compact 21
February 2013
The UN
Global
Compact, with
over 10,000
corporate
members and
other
stakeholders
across 130
countries, is
the largest
voluntary
corporate
responsibility
initiative in
the world. It
is a
leadership
platform
for the
development,
implementation
and disclosure
of responsible
and
sustainable
corporate
policies and
practices. In
February,
TeliaSonera
became a
signatory and
a member of
the UN Global
Compact.
The
first day,
Dujarric just
ignored the
question as if
it had not
been
asked. Inner
City Press
published a
story, one in
a series. On
March
14, the
following came
in, which we
publish the
same day:
Subject:
Your
question on
the Global
Compact
From: UN
Spokesperson -
Do Not
Reply [at]
un.org>
Date: Fri, Mar
14, 2014 at
1:54 PM
To:
Matthew.Lee
[at]
innercitypress.com
Cc: Stephane
Dujarric [at]
un.org
Regarding
your
recent
question on
the Global
Compact, the
Global Compact
Office
has the
following
information:
The
UN Global
Compact is a
voluntary
multi-stakeholder
platform for
dialogue,
exchange of
good practices
and
collaborative
solutions in
the business
arena. It is
neither the UN
Global
Compact’s
mandate
nor its
intention to
monitor or
judge
participants’
performance,
and
participation
in the
initiative
does not
constitute a
seal of
approval.
Nevertheless,
the
UN Global
Compact has in
place
Integrity
Measures to
promote
continuous
improvement
and assist
participants
in aligning
their
actions with
their
commitment to
the Global
Compact
principles.
When
it receives
information
suggesting
that a
participant
company is not
committed to
continuous
improvement,
the UN Global
Compact will
endeavor to
encourage
dialogue
(Dialogue
Facilitation)
between the
company
concerned and
those who have
raised the
concerns. The
UN
Global Compact
will make
enquiries of
its Nordic and
Netherlands
Local Networks
about this
matter. It
will also
forward the
matter to
the company
itself asking
for their
reply.
To
which one UN
observer
opines, "That
lame response
dodges the
main point:
that shabby
companies like
this sign up
for the UN
Global
Compact
because they
think it will
make them
smell better.
The UN
demands payola
from these
companies (for
the
blue-washing)
and they
get to use the
UN's name on
their websites
and stationery
as a sort
of Good
Housekeeping
seal of
approval. And
when a story
like this
comes in, the
UN
paternalistically
say that they
will start
asking
questions to
the company in
question."
Sounds
like the UN...
Watch this
site.
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